Mr Abney
@mrabney.bsky.social
Reflections on contemporary politics, history, and other assorted weird stuff. I can be contacted at contactmrabney@gmail.com. You can read my writing at https://mrabney.substack.com/
'I am a man as other men are.'
'I am a man as other men are.'
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“Capitalist logics, rooted in private property, will always favour the concentration of land ownership. This is why we must build a new countryside rooted not in the demands of capital accumulation but in the demands of people & planet.”
- @alexheffron.bsky.social
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Class struggle in the British countryside—resisting land grabbing and forging the alternative
A short article articulating the need for a new struggle over land in Britain that focuses on both resisting land grabs and building an alternative to the status quo
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January 18, 2025 at 3:54 PM
“Capitalist logics, rooted in private property, will always favour the concentration of land ownership. This is why we must build a new countryside rooted not in the demands of capital accumulation but in the demands of people & planet.”
- @alexheffron.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/thestrug...
- @alexheffron.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/thestrug...
As a friend recently said to me, if you haven't done anything wrong, then what, pray tell, is the point of resigning?
January 18, 2025 at 10:58 PM
As a friend recently said to me, if you haven't done anything wrong, then what, pray tell, is the point of resigning?
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Why Bidenomics Failed to Win the White Working Class newrepublic.com/article/1881...
Why Bidenomics Failed to Win the White Working Class
The administration bet that subsidies to rebuild American manufacturing would bring voters back to the Democratic Party while lowering emissions. That bet has failed.
newrepublic.com
January 18, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Why Bidenomics Failed to Win the White Working Class newrepublic.com/article/1881...
Interested in the latest on the Tulip Siddiq saga? Here is a piece about exactly that: mrabney.substack.com/p/ok-fine-i-...
January 18, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Interested in the latest on the Tulip Siddiq saga? Here is a piece about exactly that: mrabney.substack.com/p/ok-fine-i-...
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The gerontocracy gives us one last cringe before 2025:
Gerontocracy Gives Us One Last Cringe Before 2025
VIDEO: 74 year old congressman could barely speak in painful TV appearance today
www.kenklippenstein.com
December 31, 2024 at 1:26 AM
The gerontocracy gives us one last cringe before 2025:
The recent allegations against City Minister, Tulip Siddiq, if nothing else expose he awkward 'have it both ways' attitude to her aunt's corrupt and authoritarian govt in Bangladesh. I explore this relationship to date in the linked piece: mrabney.substack.com/p/weve-got-t...
We've got the power (or used to)
Tulip Siddiq and Bangladesh
mrabney.substack.com
December 31, 2024 at 3:51 PM
The recent allegations against City Minister, Tulip Siddiq, if nothing else expose he awkward 'have it both ways' attitude to her aunt's corrupt and authoritarian govt in Bangladesh. I explore this relationship to date in the linked piece: mrabney.substack.com/p/weve-got-t...
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Since October 7, 2023, Sondos Sabra has kept a diary of the genocide. These entries serve as a window into her life and the universal Gazan story of what it means to survive. "I remember that I remember, and I will not have that memory erased." mondoweiss.net/2024/11/diar...
Diaries from north Gaza: one woman’s story of survival
Since October 7, 2023, Sondos Sabra has kept a diary of the genocide. These entries serve as a window into her life and the universal Gazan story of what it means to survive. “I remember that I rememb...
mondoweiss.net
December 2, 2024 at 3:09 PM
Since October 7, 2023, Sondos Sabra has kept a diary of the genocide. These entries serve as a window into her life and the universal Gazan story of what it means to survive. "I remember that I remember, and I will not have that memory erased." mondoweiss.net/2024/11/diar...
Yes, that's right. I'm here. An opening piece on the Campaign Against Antisemitism and the Charity Commission. open.substack.com/pub/mrabney/...
A match made in heaven
The CAA and the Charity Commission
open.substack.com
November 29, 2024 at 3:04 AM
Yes, that's right. I'm here. An opening piece on the Campaign Against Antisemitism and the Charity Commission. open.substack.com/pub/mrabney/...
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NEW | A slightly meta-newsletter about The Guardian leaving X...
X-ODUS?
What does The Guardian's decision to stop posting on X mean for the media's relationship with the social network formerly known as Twitter?
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/x-odous
X-ODUS?
What does The Guardian's decision to stop posting on X mean for the media's relationship with the social network formerly known as Twitter?
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/x-odous
X-odous?
What does The Guardian's decision to stop posting on X mean for the media's relationship with the social network formerly known as Twitter?
brokenbottleboy.substack.com
November 15, 2024 at 10:14 AM
NEW | A slightly meta-newsletter about The Guardian leaving X...
X-ODUS?
What does The Guardian's decision to stop posting on X mean for the media's relationship with the social network formerly known as Twitter?
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/x-odous
X-ODUS?
What does The Guardian's decision to stop posting on X mean for the media's relationship with the social network formerly known as Twitter?
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/x-odous
The truth is that very little was known of Mr Abney's pursuits or temper'. M.R. James, 'Lost Hearts' (1904).
November 15, 2024 at 7:38 PM
The truth is that very little was known of Mr Abney's pursuits or temper'. M.R. James, 'Lost Hearts' (1904).